The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-23 00:00:00

/CONEY MARKET AND COMAItECIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is rather mare demand for money today in the discount market, and the rates are a little firmer, 5; per cent. being the lowest quotation at Which first-class bills can be negotiated. About £5,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday, The Stock Ezchange Co:ntnitteo have appointed Tuesday, the 29th inst., for a special settling day in the shares of the Credit Foncier (Limited), which are to be marked. It is announced that the share list of the Na tional Provincial Marine Insurance Company will be closed on Monday next for London, and on the following Tuesday for the country. The directors of Silver's India-rubber Works and Telegraph Cable Company have notified that no application for shares will be received after twelve o'clock at noon on Thursday, the 24th inst. The Bank of Fcankfort has reduced its rate of discount from 4 to at per cent. There was a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Messrs. Langton and Robinson, timber mer chants, whose liabilities, according to the balance sheet presented by Messrs. Cooper Brothers, the accountants, were stated to be £95,178, and the assets £42,102. The estate shows, therefore, about 9s. in the pound. bu• not more than Is. is expected to be realised. It was agreed to wind np the affairs of the firm under a deed of assignment. A. new joint stock undertaking, bearing the nanae of Smith, Knight, and Company, brought forward by the Mercantile Credit Association, in nonjunc tion with the Contract Corporation, has been an nounced. It is to act in harmony with the Cintrsc , Corporation, undertaking the construction of rail- Ways and other public works, and its operations are to be conducted by Messrs. Smith and Knight, who have transferred their business with their plant and existing contracts, including that for tne con struction of the Royal Sardinian Railway. The capital is 14,000,000 in 80,000 shares of £5O each, the first issue to comprise 40,000 shares, of which 20,000 have been already subscribed. A special general meeting of the shareholders of the National Bank was held to-day for the purpose of increasing the capital of the company. Mr. J. 14c Keflaa, who occupied the chair, proposed that the present capital, viz.,£1,000,000, be increased by the creation of 20,000 new shares of £5O each, at a p r emium of £25 per share in the proportion of one new share for each old share. A discussion was being carried on as to the propriety of the increase When this report left. Two o'oLoox. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr. Reuters telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes o pened at 66f. 90e. Heavy. No quotable movement has occurred to-day in the Market for the English Funds, Console being 91 2. for transfer, and 94 I for the account, but the tone of business is a little less buoyant. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 f ; and Exchequer Bills, Bs, dis. ; India Stocks have been dull'; the 5 per Cents, are marked 1041. f ; and do. Enfaced, 54 per Cents., 113. In the Foreign Market there is very little altera tion, and business is much restricted. Mexican have receded to 45 ;1; Greek are 234 24 ; Spanish Passive, 358 fo Portuguese, 481 ; Italian, 66 4 67; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, 71 8 ; do. Con solides, 63! 54 ; and the Confederate Loan, 61 63. !In the Railway Share Market the opera lona have not been very extensive, and prices have in several instances exhibited a slight decline Metropolitans Manchester, Sh e ffi e ld , an d Li nco l n, North W estern, and W est Midland, have each re oceded 65.; La ncashire and Yorkshire, and London, Wham, and' ov er, Stock 159. 10a. ; and Great Northern A The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive at about previous quotations. in B a n k and Mi scellaneous Shares show, in some ces, a slight advance. Bank of Australasia are dealt in a! 751 7 6 ; Cnartfred of India, Aus tralia, and Chin I a; 45 46 ; Laudon and But•nos Ayre s a t 511 ; Metropotifan and Provincial, 264 27; 14')ndon Financial Shares have declined to 261 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam have improved to 82 t. Subjoined are the current quotations for some of the principal new undertakings. British Columbia and Vancouver Island Investment, 8 1 premium ; Central Argentine Riilway,l 1 prem.; North Aus traliin Company, 11 2 prem.; London and Liver pool Hotel, 11 2 prem.; Irnpwrial Financial, 54 6 t i ,.: e nt.; Natio na l P rov i nc i a l M ar i ne, 31 1 prem. ; Queensland Sheep, fl 1 prem. ; Credit Foncier, 51 6 ,...,P re a1.; Credit Mobili er , 3 3 4 prem. City 4 41 31 41 prem.; Thames Iron Shi p b u ildi ng, prem. ; Seven per Cent Bolivan Loan, 1 2 prem. ~„ BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOC K . s UOV ERNMENT FUNDS. " Per Cent. Consols ' Per dewCent Reduced N ew 3 per . Cent B9! i n ew 21 p er C ent. Jan. 1891.. ... - Arinuities, 30 yrs, expir e sth J an., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 141 tzehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 8 dis Ditto £500 Ditto £lOO and £200 Bank England Stk, 4} per Ct., last hf.-yr, Shut INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account... . , — Ditto 4 per C en t. , O ct, ,888. . Do Certificates .... - Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872.......... Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 99 Dirt') Bonds £l,OOO 3 dis Ditto under £l,OOO • .... 3 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 4} per Cent., 1852-68-60 D itto 1863. B9l f Ditto Scrip, £55 p a id .... B uenos Ayrea 6 per Cent pin I ti t to Account _ _ Cuba, 6 p er C ent. Colombian 6 S cr i p 480 pd hilian 6 per C ent 83f Ditto 41 pet Cent banish 3 per Cent., 1825 99i U n quador New Consolidat e d, 1 p er C ent.. 1 31 gvntian 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent 1824-5, ex-Coup.ms.. ~ 24 3/ Ditto Account ...... •••• ..... bitto Coupons _ Ditto Account . rhtatemala 5 per Cent. , tilooristt Imperial 5 per t 'ent N exicon 3 per Cent .... 45/ 1 / i bitto Account 14 °", granAda . D itto 2 p er C ent. •.. bitt 0 Deterred E, Di tto Land W arrants (Hectares) ..... ' NAniin 41 pe r C ent. . — litto 3 per Cent. Ditto 4i p er C ent., 1862 peti t D itto Account B6 gl ieme 3 per Cent., 1853 Dltto Account.. DiDitto 3 per Cent . , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 tto Account . .paid 4Bl ~,Dttto Scrip (1863) /30 paid ....... . • g.usaian 5 per Cent. 1822, £St — . t Ditt o 5 per Cent, ' 1862 ...... 44linian 5 per Cent — a llitto Account, ....... • AA. 3 per tent - I)uitto Account ................ I tto Passive ....... ... , i,s.; Ditto Account 1314 itth Cert. of Coup not funded __Ditte Acztount .................. "Nish, 4 per Cent .................. Di 1, 6 40 Account. ................... .. Oish per Cent. 1854 ......... . I,'to Account ....... 91 :;!tte 6 per Cent. 1858 .. -- 'sato Account 701 70 ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account •• 711 i I,l' lo £lOO Bonds 7l/ 2 .Itto 6 per Cent, 1863 ~zuelo 3 per Cent•_ vitto Account . jj!tto 6 per Cent,, 1852 Ditto Account .. " ................... Bute Dividends on the above payable in Loud , tt 'ltch 2 , , bitt o ; P er cent, Ex. 12 Gail — .t.tati au, - = 6 per Cent. Certificates Ditt o Accou 102 per Cent., 1861, E x. 25 francs — nt C,., .04 " x t Ditt,o °116 3 , .............. TWO 0' CLO Ca. 91f i 41.prilAceoarat ..v3..tut ~ fist 9 11 I BEARE JAIARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuh,c. Share Railways. fiald.l Closing Business Prise done. 13.14.1 25 10 st 8t 1, 50 20 Bir., WoL, and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. lion t., Sleaf ~and (drietol and Exeter Caledonian ICork and Bandon Corn wall I N A A. gets no div Do. B till 6p c.p an. has CC been paid to B. (Dublin & Belfast June. Dun., Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow., !Wasp - . and S. Western., IGreatEastern, Ord. stk l i Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian s t GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern.. Do A stock Do B do Gt, S. an.l W. of helm , Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwal I Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Noel Western Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do: shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby mid. (It. \V. of Ireland Do. t shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British I.Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchasi Do Leeds $ •; Si 83 65 118 119 6 7 35 37 16 17 91 93 101 1(6 47 '8 Do York North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junotion Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoc, 61 71 127 128 129 130 130 132 91 93 65} C 6 ICOI 110 67 CO 1031 1011, 43 44 1081 1081 971 981 611 b 4 113 114 1271 1281, 97 99 52i 64 24 26 101 101 651 61 E 8 88i 125 128 1 2 78 79 itf 124 126 41 43 98 tOO Do Se.)t. Mid. stock ;crews. and We Shropshire Union • • !South Devon 'South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun tames, Wok.,and Wok Stockton & Datling - tcm Do Do New, itifiG Taff Vale. . V •••• DoB Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford ct Kilkenny %Vest Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har..lat West Midland ()mom j Do Newpord Do Uereiord 100 100 100 100 100 all 53 64 84 86 901 91 99 101 4 9i 87 38 96 10 7 8 4 , 163 )66 5 7 3 4 1 Si 34 44 91 94 22 24 47i i 1271 i 129 1091 67i lei% i 98! 71 531 113 1 121 1271 8 10'1 } of 1 Butristi POSSESSIONS. Closing ;hart _ 100 Atlantic &St Lawrdiet all 58 60 69 skj Bom.,Barodadr.Cent 100 1031101// 1034 1 Gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New. 8 P 1 1 ) 20 Do. E. Shares... 7l p 1 p 20/ Bultalo and LaKelluron all 51 6 10 Do. Preference 00 /Buffalo,Brant,&Godriell 10, _ p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1/37', ,00 Do. do. July 1,187 s 10u - - 100 Do. do. June 1, 1875 100 - - st Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Litt 100 102 104 at Cape Town 4: Dock Scril 100 102 104 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. t 100 105 106 sttsok East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1041 105 1041 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 / 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. stook Grind frunk of Canads Loki 19 20 191 4 100 Do. Ist Firer. Bonds all 73 15 100 Do. ao. deferred.- all 58 6 2 100 Do. 2d Fret. Bonds., all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 51 53 100 Do. 3d P•ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 40 42 40 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stoat all 25 27 25 6 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 e 5 225 stook GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c WC 1034 104 i 104 34 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 1 1 I - Do. January, 1862 - - stook Gt. Strath.of india(Lim us.ranteed 5 per cent. 100 1021 103 a 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharek all 91 91_ 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 1% Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 83 86 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 11, 21 stook ftladrits par., sp. o. lOU 10 , 031 stock Do. 44 p. 0. Extension 100 97 09 stook Dc.4i d 0........ 100 52 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - .zoek Melb.Corp. 4p. o. Lind, Int - - 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 58 100 Do. 7p. e. Mortg. Bds. al, - Nov Bzuzswick Canuz. Claes A and B. all 3 5 N.ll.l.C'da6 po Ist pt bds 100 82 14 • Scinde ......„ (10t, 1035 1041 stock Do. Delhi .- 1(1 Do. do ... wr• • ' 2 1 1P 24 el Do. Punjaub .... a 1 all 1021 1035 Do. Du. °SA; 100 - - Brock Do. Endus.St. Flo.) ,98 103 OLONIAL GOV ERNMENI *BOll HlTlit>. 6 p.e.J a .t.. 1 • , 11,77-81 Do. 6p. c. Feb.& Atit.. 10 ,, HO la 7 , 0.6 p. c. Mar.& Sept. 100 C , 9 101 Do. p. c. Jan.&..tuly, I , _ 88 831 - • Do. 6 Inscribed stocs 10,.; 88 20 G.Tlope, ii p e , 1870 10 , . 106 108 Do.Ap 11, t: 10: 108 110 Do. 181 , 100 111 113 - - i Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10J ICO 111 - 'Ceylon, t:ov.ls7B, Op t ltit 111 111 - Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 146 108 - 'Natal Guy. d per cant.. 1)0 168 110 - N.ll.Gov.6p.o.da.&.Jui; tut ;01 103 - ifo. 6p. c.Ap. & Oci. 10 , - N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 1s 10,. 99 100 Du. Sp. c.,18. ato 1 i 10C' 99 10 , - Do. d0.,1888 &now& 10t , 99 100 100 New Zealand 8 p ...milt. 100 108 110 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1815 10: 103 105 - ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lmo - - 1074 G6p.c.1678.45up lOO 10) 11l !Vte.Gov. 6p.c.Ja.&July 105 - - , Do. to in.a. An.&Oot.' 100 1111 1121, 112 BRITISH MINES. 2 ;Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 4 id Clifford Amalgamated ' - 351 565 - Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) 1 553 46; - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 65 70 - East Clogau Gold Ltd. - - - East Caradv a ..... 2.14. t; 30 3! - 'East Carta Brea.... - ;E. VP;.ituseel(TD.vistk ) 8.9.0 34 44 Gair..&St.Aubyn(Gwen , 584 10 11 - 10 - .tat South Tolgus l7s 4 41 - It,. Wheal Vor(llelston 40 38 40 375 8 !Grenville... 6.16. t 7i 74 - 'herd's-Foot 8.12 85 37 - Ilingston Downs 4. 8.0 31 45 - Lady Bertha ' 2.8.0 - Margaret (tiny Lelaut 94 19 21 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim Ol 15 Ir. - New Setun 193 83 05 -• • North Downs ll 2 Baseet(lllo4an 3.1.0 2 25 • - , ;orth Wheal Crotty 2,6.9 41 5z - Consols(6t. Blaze), - - 'l . ovidence(UnyLeln.t.,,' 10.6,7 41 43 45.3 uthUaradon(St.Cleer I- ' 14 440 460 Cam Brea (Illogan) - Fran. (11Ioz - rt 18.15.9 50 55 - ' Stray Park - I esmar Silv.& Lead Min - - Croft 9 39 20 West Basset (Illogan) l/ 11 12 - 1V C , radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 - West Beton - Wheal Basset (Illogan ) 04 871. 921 - %''heal Buller(Kedruth) 10 31 37 - Whealliitty(D.Lelant), 2.0.8 - WhealLud ott - Wheal MaryAnn(Llen ); 8 134 111 - Wheal 3eton... ... ~. 581 190 195 - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.)l 7 21 25 - Wheal Union I 3.17 25 24 PREFERENCE SHARES Great ‘'orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 1061 Great Western, 5 per cent. red. pd., 1021 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1,113} LINES LEASED A l` FIXED EIGNTALB. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 100 Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 55i Nottingham and Grantham It. & U, 94 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 N. Rail of Buenos gyres, gun. 7 per cent., 10 Ottoman (.51 -turns to Aidin), 11i Sambre tuid Meuse, South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 211 FOREIGN MINES. St. John dcl Rey (11m.), 52 Yudananiutana of S. Australia, lira., 3/ 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance r Um. i. 501 - Anglo Austrian. 6i Anglo-Italian, limited. 51 Auatralasia, 7,, 54 Ditto, new, 44 1 Bank of utago, lira., 41 Bank of Que. nslaud (11m), 201 Bank of Wales, lim.. 17 Brazil .n and Portuguese, Um.. 8 1 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 46 5 Ditto, new, issued at 10 pm., 331 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10/ East London, lim.. 71 English and Irish (lim.), 15 English, Sco. ch. and Australian Chartered, 211 European Bank, lira., 10 In Hindustan, china. and Japan (Urn.), Ditto, new. issued at 2 pm , 11 Imperial Bank (lim.), 34i Imperial Ottoman, 191 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London Bank of Scotland, 1im., 1 141 London, Bur,nos Ayres, and River Plate, 511 1 Ditto, new, 51 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26 London and Colonial (Rm.), 91 0 London and County, 591 601 London Joint Stock, 401 London and South African, 27 London and Westminster. 81 Merohantlßank, 11m , 141 / Metrop. and Frov. Bank aim.), 27 61 New Zealand Baak,:ll4 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lira., 11 j Ditto, new, 11 standard of British South Africa (BM 28* Union of Australia. Ditto, new, 31 1 Union of Ireland (lim.) 101 Union of London, 46 51 MISCELLANEOUS; Contract Corporation, lint.. 71 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira. , 51 1 Financial Corporation, 5 1 Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London, lira., 81 8 Hudson's Bay, 191 18i International Financial Society, 111/ Joint •stock Discount, lim. 61 L ondon Financial Associa tion, lira., 261 Ditto, new, 161 Last week the births of 1,117 boys and 1,060 girls, in all 2,177 children, were registered in Lon don. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 18 64 - 63 the average DlMlber (corrected) wag 2,070, r inni HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR. CASTLE, March 22. Yesterday afternoon the Queen drove out in a carriage and four. In attendance were the Countess of Caledon and the Hon. Mrs. Bruce. Lord Charles Fi'zroy attended on horseback. Her Majesty visited the Windsor Union poor house, and inspected the establishment. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor and Mrs. Wellesley and the Rev. J. Blunt, vicar of Old Windsor, met the Queen, and conducted her Majesty over the building. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Meck lenburg Strelitz, attended by Lady Caroline Cust and Lieut. Colonel Clifton, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon, on a ;visit to her Majesty, and returned to London to-day. Viscount Sydney also arrived, and had the honour of dining with the Queen, the King of the Belgians, and the Royal family. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd) RE HUSRELL. This bankrupt was described as of Goswell•street and elsewhere, hair-dresser, and this:was a meeting for last exa mination. The bankrupt was opposed on behalf of several creditors, but th© principal point was that he had given a bill of sale over his property for £39, money lent, but he had neither paid principal or interest, and the bill was put in force on the same day that he petitioned the Court. Mr. Buchanan, B.isinghall-street, for the bankrupt, put a few questions, and elicited that two previous bills had been given to the same party, but the moneys advanced had been paid off, and the one in question was a mere renewal. His Honour said the bankrupt was not justified in acting as he had, and the case must be adjourned for three months to see what position he would be in to offer terms to his creditors. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) RE BOUCICALLT. This bankrupt was former' ) lessee of Briny-lane Theatre, and this was an adjourned dividend meeting. A proof was ttridered on behalf of Messrs. Alexander and Co, for the difference in value of 150 shares in the New Theatre Company which he had agreed to take up but failed to do, and on the resale there was a loss of £420, and it was now sought to prove for that amount. Mr. Linklater opposed, but after some discussion the proof was admitted. There were a few other proofs, but no dividend was declared. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS AT WHITFIELD CHA PEL BURIAL - GROUND, TOTTENHAM-CO CRT- ROAD. DESTROYING A FAMILY GRAVE.—Mr. Henry Oliver Nodes, of No. 1, Rosebery Villas, Tuffnell-park West, waited upon Mr. Tyrwhitr this morning, and said he had to ask his worship for surnm oases against a builder named Richards and his foreman, named Wilkes, under the Mali cious Injuries to Property Act (21 and 25 Via., cap. 97, sec. 52), tor unlawful y removing and injuring a gravestone in the Tottenham-court-road Chapel lourial•groun, his property, and thereby destroying all identity of a family vault, also his property. On Wednesday, June 11, 1862, at the Auction Mart, London, the Congregational Chapel Building Society purchased the chapel known as Whit field's Chapel, in Tottenham•court-road, and part of the but ial-ground adjoining, known as the paved part, in which there were many private graves and vaults, the property of several parties respectively, and the whole was sold subject i;o the rights of all persons who had interred bodies in the burial-ground. It was hoped that a body of professing Christians especially would have adhered strictly to the rules of honesty, or in other words meum and teum ; but their employes, Richards and Wilkes, under their instruc tions, a few days ago, ruthlessly and lawlessly rooted up all the grave stones, for the purpose he (Mr. Nodes) thought, it might be fairly presumed, of destroying all iden tity of the vaults. He (Mr. Nodes) might also state that but for the restrictions of the conditions of sale as to private rights, the property which was sold for about £4,500 would have fetched at least £15,000, it being freehold, and in a most valuable locality. The persons he applied for the summonses against stated that they were acting wader the orders of Mr. Tarring, an architect, and a committee, and tauntingly laughed at anything like re monstrance, and refuse to restore the grave stones to their original sites, stating that all the stones were the property of their employers, the purchasers. He (Mr. Nodes) wished further to state that his (Mr. Tyrwhitt's) colleague had some time since hal a case before him respecting the same burial ground, and the Court had put a stop to the proceedings of a Mr. Jacobson, who had purchased another part of the burial ground. Mr. Tyrwhitt having referred to the act, said it was material that such a matter should not be passed over. Mr. Nodes said his parents were interred in the grave, and he therefore felt naturally annoyed at what had been done; besides the grave cost something like £3O. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered tae summonses to issue. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yester• day morning attended by Lieut. Colonel Keppel. The Princess of Wales, attended by Countees De Grey, took a carriage drive in the afternoon. His Highness Prince John of Glucksburg, at tended by Baron Guidencrone, took leave of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, yesterday evening, and left Marlborough House for the Continent by the South-Rtstern Railway. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, htteucied by Lteur. Colonel Keppel, accompanied his Highness Prince John to the rail fray station. Mr. Henry Weigall has been honoured with sittings for his portrait of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The Duke of Newcastle is still very unwell, but, according to the medical report yesterday, his grace was progressing favourably. THE DUKE OF RUTLAND'S HEALTH, we are gra tified to hear, has greatly improved of late, and his hunting friends may have the pleasing anticipation of seeing his grace with his hounds again next season. The Earl and Countess of Warwick have arrived at their residence in the Stabla-yard, St. James's, from Worthing. Tne Earl and Countess of Vernlam and Lady Harriet Grimston have left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess Craven, at Coombe Abbey, near Coventry. The Earl and Countess of Wilton will entertain a large circle of visitors during the Croxteth Park race meeting. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will return to-day from visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle, and will then go to Broadlands, Hants, for the Parliamentary recess. Lord and Lady Londesborough leave town to morrow for Grimston Park, Yorkshire. Lord Herries has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, for Eveningham Park, York. _ The infant Prince has, it is said, been very cleverly photographed by an eminent photographer. The VACANT RIBBON OF THE ORDER OF ST. PATRICK has been conferred on Lord Lurgan. THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN, during his sojourn as Archduke in Paris, spoke of Napoleon 1,, his great uncle, as the Emperor Napoleon. THE MARRIAGE OF THE COUNT DE PARIS with his first cousin, the Infanta Donna Maria Isabel of Orleans and Bourbon, will take place on the 19th inst. in the Palace at Seville, with great solemnity. The cere mony will be performed by the Cardinal Archbishop of Se ville, and will be followed by the ratification of the marriage articles. The President of the Audiencia of Seville will act as Chief Notary of the Kingdom, representing the Minister of Grace and Justice. THE LATE MR, WILLIAM ROTHERY, Of the men who seem to connect the present with the past history of this country another has just been taken away whose long and meritorious services as a public servant deserve a passing notice at our hands. Mr. W. Rothery, who was until lately the legal adviser to the Treasury on all matters connected with the slave trade, died on the 6th inst., at the advanced age of 89 years. He was born on the of April, 1775, a few days only before the first blood was shed in the War of American Independence on an attempt by some British soldiers to disperse a body of Americans exercising on Lexington-green, and re membered well being taken by his father to see the burning down of the chapel in Lincoln's-inn•fields by the Lord George Gordon rioters. In early life Mr. Rothery entered the office of the King's Proctor in Doctors' Com mons, and by his abilities and steady application to business soon rose to the head of that establishment. The zeal and ability which he showed in the discharge of his duties gained for him the good will and regard of the two greatest judges who have ever presided in the Court of Admiralty—Lord Stowell and Dr Lushington, with both of whom he was on terms of the closest intimacy. In 1821 Mr. Rothery was ap pointed by the Treasury to be their Lordships' referee on slave trade matters, and held that appointment up to the year 1860, when at the advanced age of 85, owing to in creasing infirmities. he was compelled to resign his office; but so high au opinion had the Treasury of his long and faithful services that on his retirement they granted him for his life a pension almost equal to the full amount of his salary. The questions on which he had occasionally to advise her Majesty's Government required the exercise of the greatest judgment and discretion, and his long expe rience in the King's Proctor's-office during the European and American Wars proved to be of essential service to him. There were very few of the leading stateiraen either of this or of the past generation to whom he was not well known, and who had not at one time or another occasion to rely upon his great practical knowledge and sound judgment. Mr. Rothery was also frequently employed by the Go vernment on matters not immediately connected with hie regular official duties. In the years 1830-2 he was engaged with some eminent lawyers and civilians in framing rules for the guidanee of the Vice-Admiralty Courts in our colo nies, the excesses of which had become notorious. In the year 1840 he was associated with the present Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer for the purpose of settling, in conjunction with two commissioners nominated by the French Govern ment, the amount of compensation proper to be paid to some British subjects for the forcible interruption of their trade by the French at Portendie, on the coast of Africa; and in the year 1844 he, in conjunction with the present Judge of the Court of Admiralty, Admiral Den man, and the late Mr. Bandinel, was appointed to prepare a code of instructions for the guidance of naval officers em ployed in the suppression of the slave trade. There are very few indeed who have led so long and useful a life, fewer still who through all the trials and difficulties of life have shown a more equable temper, or been more respected by those with whom he had to act in business, and especially by the civil servants of the Crown. DEATH OF ME EARL OF ABERDEEN.—ABER DEEN, Tuesday Evening.—George Hamilton Gor don, Earl of Aberdeen, died at the family seat, Haddo house, Aberdeenshire, a few minutes past 12 this morning. His lordship had been unwell for a considerable period, the principal ailment, it. is understood, being diabetes. De ceased wasborn in 1816, and had consequently only reached his 48th year. He married, in 1810, Lady Mary Baillie of Jerviswoode, who survives him, with a family of three sons and three daughters. As Lord Haddo, the late noble. man represented the county of Aberdeen in Parliament for a number of years, and succeeded his father in the earldom in 1860. Lord Haddo, the new peer, who has entered his 23d year, is at present on a visit to his uncle, the Hon. Arthur Gordon, Gevernor of New Brunswick. ACCIDENT TO PRINCE DE CONDE.—The Duke d'Aumale and Prince de Conde, with several distinguished visitors, were passing through Evesham on Saturday last for a day's spot in the hunting field, when near the bridge the Prince de Conde's horse (a fine, spirited animal) took fright and became unmanageable, falling upon the pavement with his Royal Highness underneath. Mr. New, surgeon, was sent for, but fortunately no bones were broken. The Prince was taken to the house of Mr. Bicknell till a fly could be obtained, when the Prince, with the whole of the distinguished party, returned to Wood Norton, the seat of his Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale, We understand the Prince is going on as favourably as can be expected.- -Birmingham Gazette. PORTRAITS OF Slit ROWLAND HILL, K.C.B.— At the present time there is perhaps no public man of whom a good portrait can be more welcome to all classes of the community than Sir Rowland Hill, who gave sittings on Saturday last for a series of cartes de visite to Messrs. John and Charles Watkins, of Parliament-street. The form and features of most of our distinguished men have been made familiar by the beautiful art of photography, and Messrs. Watkins have done much to gratify popular taste in this respect, but few of their excellent and interest ing productions can compete with these. "Sir Rowland le Grand," as our friend Punch humorously styles the great " man of letters," has kindly afforded the artists an opportunity of making a number of variously posed . studies, each of which evidences the artistica' knowledge and taste which are so often wanting in photographic portraiture . We predict for these cal tes—what they certainly deserve — an enormous circulation. KLAPICA has just left Marseilles with 150 volun• eors, end gone to Genoa, WESTMINSTER. A VERY AWKWARD AFFAIR.—Ed ward James Butler, a man in the employment of Mr. Hatt, cow keeper and dairy man, of 15, Brewer-street, Pimlico, was charged with stealing a gallon of milk, and John Cole, coffeehouse keeper, Upper Eaton-street, Pimlico, was charged with feloniously receiving it. _ _ _ Sergeant Parkins, 8 B, said that the prosecutor had been to the court but had gone away. The police, however, were acquainted wi.h the details of the case. Mr. Selfe said he w. uld hear them. Sergeant Parkins said that from information received he spoke to Mr. Haq, and found that there was something going on wrong. At a quarter to 5 o'clock this morning Butler came out of Hatt's yard with a halt gallon measure of milk in his hand, and proceeded to Cola's coffee hop, where he went into the private bar part, and Cole took the milk of him and placed it on a shelf, and then went into a private parlour, from whence ho returned in two or three minutes mad passed some thing to Butler. The latter, after placing his hand under his smock, put down a halt-gallon bottle of warm milk at Cole's feet. Mr. Cole then said to witness, who had followed Butler into the shop, " What are you going to have," when witness said he should take Butler for stealing and Cole for receiving the milk. Neither of them made any reply. Hatt came to the station and signed the sheet against the prisoners. Butler said that he merely took some milk to Mr. Cole. which had been ordered, and knew nothing about stealing it. Cole said he had dealt with 11Ir. Hatt for many years, and had four quarts of milk in the morning and six in the after noon. Whenever he was becoming short of milk, some of his people ran to Mr. Hatt's and ordered it, and that was the case this morning, To show that nothing could have been passed by him to the other prisoner, only twopence was found upon the latter. Mr. Selfe said, that for the interest of justice, as well as for prisoners' own sakes, he would have Mr. Hatt in at tendance, and would grant a summons for his attendance forthwith. He would not restrain the liberty of the ac cused in the meantime, who were free, but he would re commend them not to leave the court v.util the matter was determined. THANES. A PUBLICAN FINED FOR UNGAIVFUL SUNDAY TRADING.—HEAVY PE NALTY. --Mrs. Maearthy, the wife of Dennis Maearthy, landlord of the Rose and Crown pub- lichouse, in Star-street, Lower Shadwell, appeared to answer a summons taken out against her husband by Police-inspector Roberts. The defendant, who was for merly a sergeant of police, was charged with having his house open for other purposes than the reception of travel lers on Sunday last beforo the hour of one o'clock In the afternoon. Tildothy Cox, a police -sergeant, No. 45 K, stated that at 8 o'clock on Sunday morning last, h e saw many d run ken men in the vicinity of Star-street and W app i ng - wa ll, n ear the defendant's house. He went to the Rose and Crown. There were men in the street outside intoxicated, Oa entering the public-house he found sixteen men in front of the bar. Some of them were drunk. The landlord was also there intoxicated. There were ten quart pots all con taining malt liquor, and two glasses on the bar counter in front of the company. One man threw down his pot, which contained beer. In answer to the magistrate, the witness said that nine or ten of the men were drunk. Mrs. Macarthy said her husband was not inebriated. He was very nervous and very ill, and he was so ill that he could not attend to anawor the summons against him. James Fry, a police-constable, 411 K, confirmed the statement of Cox, and said Dennis Ma , arthy, the landlord, was the worse for liquor. Mrs. Macarthy said the people who entered the house on Sunday morning came from a fire close by, and when the door was opened for one man they all rushed in together. Cox said there was a fire in Shadwell on. Sunday morning a half mile from the defendant's house, and in quite another direction. A former conviction of ss. and costs for a similar offence was proied. Mrs. Macarthy called her son, Charles Grinham, by har first husband, and he admitted that he opened the door and let in the 16 men. The magistrate said there had been an impudent viola- tion of the law, and drunkenness encouraged on a Sunday morning. It was a bad case, and must be visited with severity. Ile fined the defendant 15 and costs. Mrs. Macarthy paid the money. A 1 A t h e So uth THE ST. HELEN'S ~.111IDEE-- -- t Lan cashire Assizes yesterday, before Mr. Justice Willes, James Clitheroe, 22, was indicted hr the murder of Mary Woods, a schoolmistress, at St. Helens. It appeared that the deceased and the prisoner had cohabited, and that on the morning of the murder they Ware both found in bed together, the decea se d w ith her threat cut and quit e d ead, a the prisoner al so h av i ng s evere wounds in hi s th roat. When g under the apprehended the I. fetched the razor, g o t disozn7 that th e razor was in the drawer said," We made it up to cutour into bed, and first cut my throat." The jury, however, found the pri soner gu ilty o f having wilfully murd ere d th e decTeawseod,callnclicilr;NJsusrtioit 'UHT ?E celEVilles sextenced hi m to death. RSONS.—Abandon the boil-fowl f as hi on, an d order a pair of fowl s t o b e sent without being tr usse d, an d let the 'bads and necks b e sen t with them. C a t up one o f the fowls into pieces, the l eg an d thigh into two Pieces, each wing into two pieces, the back into three pieces, and the breast ieto two pieces, which, with the merry thought, will be 14 pieces. Take a Spanish onion, cut it up small, put it into a swpan with two ounces for about a n h our, until it i s in a .!omplete pulp ; half an of butter, and a li tt l e cayenne and salt ; l e t it s t ew gently hour before you want it put in the l 4 pieces of chicken, let them stew half an hour, and vital done, put into your silver dish a teaspoonful of Spapis/ or French garlic vine gar, or if that is not liked, the squeEn of half a lemon, and you will never again want to taste insipid boiled fowl. Mind, it requires na water; the fowlwill be clone in its own wavy.—The Gentlewoman, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING AT MANCHES VER—TuEsDAY. Speculation this day at our Subscription Rooms assumed an active aspect. Gardener, Wingrave, Costa, Gibraltar, and Blondin were each in force for the Northamptonshire Stakes, particularly Wingrave, Gibraltar, and Blondin, who were freely backed. Blithfield remained friendless, and Lioness received her quietus, offers of 100 to 1 eliciting no response from backers. A few investments were made on Flying Fish, Soaptone, Biondella, Zora, and Aurora for Earl Spencer's Plate, but the transactions were to nominal a3counts only. For the City and Suburban, Veterinarian closed a better favourite than Liston, 100 to 7 being accepted about the former, while 15 to 1 was offered against " the comedian." The business done in connection with tha Chester Cup was of an insignificant character, s Greenland and Oldminster being the only horse backed, although 25 to 1 would have been taken about Accident. Sixteen " ponies" were wanted against Copen hagen for the Two Thousand Guineas; and, after X2OO had been put on Blair Athol for the Derby at 20 to 1, a clever operator laid 1,000 to 45 three times against Mr. I'Anson's colt. Closing prices : NORTHAMTONSHIRE STARES. 15 to 2 aget Gardener (taken) Bto 1 agst Lord Zetland (offered—take 9) 100 to 9 agst Wingrave (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Costa (taken) 100 to 6 aget Dollar (taken and offered) 100 to 6 aget Fairwater (taken) 20 to 1 agat Gibraltar (taken freely) 20 to 1 agat Blithfield (offered) 20 to 1 agat Touch and Go (offered) 25 to 1 agst Blondin (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Turn of Luck (offered) . 100 to 1 eget Lioness (offered) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 10 to 1 agst Flying Fish (taken) 100 to 7 agst Soapstone (taken) 100 to 6 agst Blondella (taken) 20 to ' 1 agat Zara (taken) 20 to 1 agat Aurora (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 100 to 7 aget Veterinarian (taken) 15 to 1 agat Liston (offered) • 25 to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 25 to 1 agat Lord Buileigh (taken) CHESTER CUP. 11 to I eget Change (offered) 20 to 1 agat Accident (offered) , 30 to 1 agst Greenland (taken) 100 to 3 agst Oldminster t:taken) 40 to 1 eget The Vapna colt (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to lon the field (offered) 16 to 1 agat Copenhagen (wanted) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 1000 to 45 agst Blair Athol (taken) Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market quiet now, at about 2 below Fridsy Sales, 4,000 or 5,000 bales. Imports, 94. Preci• ously, 67,602. Election of an Alderman. A wardmote of the inhabitants of the ward of Bassishaw was held yesterday afternoon in the ves try room of the parish of St. Michael, Bassishaw, " for the election of a fit and able person to be Alder man of the said ward, in the room and stead of Edward Conder, Esq., who held such office of Alder man, but who has resigned the same." The proceedings having been duly opened by the Lord Mayor, Mr. G. KENDALL proposed Divid H. Stone, Esq., to be the alderman of the ward. He said he bad great pleasure in doing so, for that gentleman was one of themselves, being a freeholder of property in the ward, and 'besides being a man of wealth, and having plenty of time to discharge the important duties of the office, he also possessed considerable talent, and was in every way qualified for the office. (Cheers.) _ _ _ Mr. DREW WOOD seconded the nomination. There being no other nomination, the name of Mr. Stone was put to the meeting, and he was de clared to ba duly elected. Mr. STONE briefly returned thanks. Upon the motion of Deputy FULLER, a unani mous resolution of thanks was accorded to the late alderman (who retired in consequence of ill health), and afterwards a complimentary vote of thanks was passed to the Lord Mayor for presiding, and the meeting separated. SHIPPING—This Day. Lorruorr, March 23.—Wind this day at noon—North , East ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, March 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—lra. kindle, from for Middelburg. DARTMOUTH, March 22.—Wind E.—Arrived—Teviot, from Colombo. BnisToL; March 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Monsoon, from Mauritius. DOVER, March 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Polma, from Alexandria. NEWPORT, March 22.—Wind N,E.—Arrived —Gustav Williams, from' Santander for Barcelona—Berkatone, from London for Jamaica. Sailed—Caledonia, for Rio Janeiro —Mary Grime, for St. Thomas. (Er ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Jantje Marims, from Groningen, Jantena Aleda, from Mationsiel. Sailed—Penn, steamer, for Lon•lon. The Bremen, steamer. due off Cowes tomorrow from New York, a regular course, wilt call at Queenstown for orders, she having received instructions to that effect before going out, in consequence of the war in Denmark and the vessels of the North German Lloyd not having been trans ferred to the Russian fl ig at the time of her departure. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, March 22—Raven, from Dram; Avalanche, from Singapore; Apollo, from Porsgrund ; Juliez, from Gravelines. Arrived, March 23—Actro, from Landscrona ; Adler, from Calmar; Batavier and Leo, steamers, trom Rotterdam ; Gustaf Wass, steamer, from Gothenburg ; Ceres, from Horsens; E. U., from Sannesand ; Pomona, from Helsing- Vrg ; Argo, from Dram ; Industrial, from Aarhuus ; Lord John Rus ,, ell, steamer, from Dunkirk. Sailed, March 23—Seine and Tamise, steamer, for Paris ; Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk; Triton, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Come On, of Exeter, from the north, for the west. The late Newman Smith, E,q., has left the Na tional Lifeboat Institution a legacy of £5O. THE LEOMINSTER MURDER.—At the Hereford shire Assizes, yesterday, Watkins, the man charged with the murder of his wife at Leowinster, pleaded guilty. The plea was, however, withdrawn, on the reeonamendation of the judge, and the trial was postponed. THE WORKING MAN'S OWN CLUB.—In 1855 a club was established at Littlemore, near Oxford, by the Rev. T. W. Huntingto: d, the government of which, as that gentlem an sa y s in en accot:„tat he has written of its operations, was "oligarchical, with a t:.ssh of de s spotis vilm." town and . This is very often the case in small country lages, where wo rkin g men, conscious of their N 7 ant of ex perience in business affairs, are glad to place then:selves under the guidance of the local cler gy man or squire. In some places specific religious opinions are required as an indispensable condition of membership. But in others the artisans and labourers have taken the matter into their own hands with admirable effect. A remarkable instance of this is presented by the club recently inaugurated and now flourishing at Wednesbury, a little town in the iron manu facturing districts of Staffordshire. The institution was first proposed at the commencement of last year; but the gentlemen who made the suggestion, or who promised to patronise it, slumbered over the work, and the mechanics, getting tired of waiting, set their shoulders to the wheel, rented a house on their own responsibility,furnished it with everything necessary for such an undertaking, and obtained so many members that, althoug the rooms were only o pened on the 3 0 th May,1863, the club has for some months porting, with no other receipts past been entire l y self-sup than the subscriptions of its members and the sale of provi sions within its walls. The subscriptions are 2d a week and 2s a quarter, the honorary members giving a yearly dona tion of a guinea. The number of members at the commence ment was 100, but they increased so rapidly that it was soon found necessary to take large and better premises, and the club now rents the old Town Hall at per annum. Judg in g from the einformationof the genuine Working we possess, we should Men's Club say that a more perfect specimen cannot be found anywhere. The committee and all the governing officers belong to the industrial classes ; mem bers and subscriptions are canvassed for every Monday morning at the factories, and the rent of the building is guaranteed by the men themselves.--Dickens's "Au the Year .11',oultd." A TALE FOR THE MARINES. There is a wonderful Hindoo chess-player at present in London. He plays three games blindfolded, and wins. At the same time he plays a game of cards, and wins. During the game a bell is touched every one or two seconds, and he gives the number of times it has been touched. A man stands behind and throws little pebbles one by one against his back; these, too, he counts; and after the games are told he recites a poem in perfect rhyme which he has composed during the sitting. A senator flied this week—Prince de Beauvau, born 1793, left for dead in the march on Moscow, under the First Empire, and who reappeared in political life only under Napoleon 111. He had married a sister of the ill puo do Fraslin. Mr, Charles Gilpin, M.P., on Capital Punishment. Last night a lecture was delivered in the Surrey Chapel by the Rev. Newman Hall, on " Capital Punishments." Mr. Charles Gilpin, M.P., occupied the chair, and the chapel was crowded by an audience composed chiefly of working men. Mr. GILPIN opened the proceedings, and after some preliminary observations said :—This is a subject on which I have long taken an active and earnest interest. It is now close on twenty years ago since shortly after coming to London I was the means of getting in Exeter Hall as large a meeting as coald be assembled on the sub ject 'of capital punishments. We had a well filled plat-. form. Mr. E wart, the member for Dumfiles, a most active and intelligent Iftlemrer in the cause, was in the. chair ; and we had Lord Nugent, Mr. Bright, Daniel O'Connell, and other well- knowa persons present. We had the Church represented by Dr. Mortimer and 'the Rev. Henry Christmas w,-; had Dissenters of various denominations—we had, indeed, the Church of Christ represented. That meeting uttered an emphatic denunciation of the gallows and the principles upon which it was maintained. (Applause.) Time will only allow me to glance briefly at the reasons why I think—why I know— that capital punishment ought to be abolished. In looking back upim my earliest years I remember that one of the earliest impressions which took hold upon my mind in con nection with that Christian teaching of which I had the ad- vantage, was a strong repugnance to the putting of men and women to death upon any plea whatever. I had a child's reason ; but that reason has grown with my growth. I asked whether it were true that a man wan, or was not, fit to die. According to my teaching and yours, a. man was prepared for death, or he was not, and, if not prepared for death, we know the consequences. If a man be prepared to die—repentant, forgiven, and redeemed—then it seemed to the child, as it seems to me, that for the murder of a fel low-man a man should not be hanged. If a man is not repentent and forgiven, and consequently not prepared to die, then it was something that made the child's mind shud der that a fellow-worm should take from a man or woman. all possibility of repentance and condemn him to an eternity of woe. In going over the dreary and dismal criminal re cords of the last 25 years I can show you cases illustrative of the unsoundness of every argument that is urged upon us for the maintenance of capital punishment. I hold that there is no object of a good, righteous, and just law that can be carried out by capital punishment. A boy under 16 years was executed some years ago as Newgate. He had shot his master in a' most deliberate manner. He had bought , the pistol, bullet, and powder some days before. He had gone to see some persons hanged, and after having seen them hanged formed his own opinion as to the amount of suffering that was to be endured. He shot hie master : he was sentenced to death, and a personal friend of mine who saw him in a cell found him ,callous and insensible to all reasoning as to the consequences of his crime. That boy went to his death upon the scaffold like a favourite actor, and died in a spirit of bravado. Near the same time a woman was executed for murder. She committed the crime in a fit of jealousy, but no sooner had she done it then she repen;ed it with her whole heart. She gave herself up to justice, pleaded guilty, but at first her plea was not accepted, and she was kept, I think, over two assizas. During that time she wrote letters of a very touching character; the chaplain was incessant in his ministrations, and made no secret of his opinion that she was a converted and repentant woman. On the day of the execution the chaplain was with her in the cell. They read the Bible, and prayed and sang hymns together, until at last they were startled by hearing the bells tolling to tell her that her last hour was come. She then asked to partake of the sacrament, and you all know the beautiful language in which the minister had to address that convict. I think he had to call her " a sister in Christ," and yet before the ceremony was over, Calcraft came to pinion " that sister in Christ." She bore it patiently, and sustained herself until she was met by the yells of the crowd, who from the delay which had occurred, feared that they were to be deprived of their victim. She fainted away, and was hung insensi ble. I recollect both Sarah Harriet Thomas and Tames Bloomfield Rush. Their crimes were very different. Sarah H. Thomas was a young girl of 18 or 19, and she made the strongest effort to prevent herself being executed. I have made a document before me showing that no lees than six men had to drag her out of the cell, and hold her upon the drop until she was strangled. Then Rush, who had nou rished his revenge for a lengthof time, and had deliberately, with malice and forethought, committed murder in cold blood, met his end as calmly and as coolly as a Christian on his death- bed—not, of course, in the same frame of mind, but with great hardihood. What good effect does the ruthless killing of one man by another produce upon the crowd, which is the great argument of those who support capital punishment.? I well remember that Daniel 0' Con- nell told us at the Exeter-hall meeting to which I havere ferred, of three men whom he himself had defended upon a capital charge in Ireland. I will give his own words : "I defended three brothers charged with a capital offence ; they were young able-bodied men. I was satisfied of their innocence, but the jury found them guilty, and they were condemned to die. At that time, especially in Ireland, exe cution followed .swiftly .upoi sentence; and accordingly shortly afterwards I saw those three young men led out to execution. They were surrounded by a file of soldiers lest any of the mob should come near them. Their mother was there. I saw her, armed with the strength of her affection, break through the file, for the bayonets of the soldiers lowered instinctively before her. I saw her cling to her eldest son, a young man, 23 years of age; I saw her throw herself upon her second, who was 21 years of age; I saw her burst upon the breast of her third son, a boy of 19; and I ask who can make amends to her for that agony P They were all executed, and they were all innocent, as it was afterwards proved," The hon. gentleman then referred to the case of James Howell, who was executed at Ipswich, who declared his innocence to the last, and whose innocence was believed by a large number of people, and the effect of his death was to break the heart of his wife, who died a short time afterwards. He also read a letter from an Indian chief expressing in simple but striking language the horror with . _ which he had witnessed an execution in this Christian coun- try. The hon. gentleman then continued :—A great deal was made by some people of a certain passage in the Old Tes tament, which is supposed in some way to sanction capital punishment. I don't speak of this as a ground that will iaflu ence the House of Commons. Convince the House of Com- mons that capital punishment can be safely done away with, that it will be for the benefit of society that it should cease, and you may rely that neither Mosaic nor pre-Mosaic com mands will prevent them from doing what they believe to be expedient. (A laugh.) It is remarkable that in the various public meetings which I have held on this subject, wherever there has been any opposition it has generally come from ministers of religion on one ground, " that whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.' This is a text of uncertain interpretation—there are some halt dozan read ings of it, and I tell you upon authority that cannot be effec- tually disputed, that " will" would be as correct a transla tion as " shall." Upon this solitary foundation—one dis puted text-.-41 seems that they can build the structure of the gibbet. Gad once punished a murderer, the worst because th , - - - - e first murderer. Ilis sentence was, not that Cain shall die, but that he shall live. " I will lay a mark upon him lest any man finding him shall slay him." It is my earnest hope and fervent trust now that public feeling is again rising on the subject of capital punishment—now that the working men are taking it up, that the time is not far dis, tant when we shall find the gallows swept away among other relics of a disgraceful past, and when we shall find our law in this respect assimilated more iu spirit and practice to the will of Him " who willeth not the neath of the sinner, but rather that he should turn and live." (Cheers.) The Rev. NEWMAN HALL then proceeded to deliver his lecture, and entered will his usual eloquence and ability into the subject. He replied to the scriptural argument, and dwelt on the circumstance that juries often refused to con vict for crime knowing that death - would follow. He be- lieved that capital punishment was.not commanded by ,the Old Testament—was repugnant to the spirit of the new, and opposed to the best interests of society, vote of thanks to Mr. Gilpin concluded the proceedings. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. A. limited supply of English wheat was received fresh up to our market to-day. For good and fine dry samples there was a steady demand, at full prices; otherwise the trade was dull, on former terms. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was by no means extensive. Sales, however, progressed slowly, nevertheless, prices ruled firm. _ . . Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. With barley the market was moderately supplied. Ge nerally speaking the trade was quiet, yet prices ruled sta tionary, Good and fine malting qualities, however, were firm in value. Very little change took place in the value ot malt ; but the trade was in a sluggish state. Oats were in good supply and heavy request, at fully the late decline in value. Beans and peas met a slow sale at late rates. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. The Corn Exchange will be closed on Friday next. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Baricy. Malt. Oats. 'Flout. Nnglish 210 210 I 1,91 0 680 370 Irish.. 1,320 1, 360 . 11,520 I 120 eke, brie WHITECHAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale, and the demand rules inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s Sd to 4s Od; mutton, 38 Od to 43 4d; veal, 38 Sd to 4s Sd ; and pork, 33 2d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase, BOROUGH HOP. Last season's hops are in steady request, at full prices. Yearling, old, and American parcels are a dull inquiry; at barely late rates. A YANKEE COURTIER !— An American ►ady fainted while being presented to the Empress Eugenie in Pada. It was comidered the capping pf a ll compliments ttitherto paid to the Imperial power, LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 22. 6th Regiment of Dragoons—Thomas John Newnham, Gent , to be Cornet, by purchase, vice William Thomas Skinner Snell, who retires. ... 15th Hussars—Surgeon William Godfrey Watt, having pay serv i ee ,- to b e Surgeon Major, under Warrant, of Ist October, 1858. completed ue 2 r O th y e e ß ar o s ya f l ul l• Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George Augustus Frederick De Rinzy. to be Colonel, vice Burke Cuppage, removed as a General Officer— Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Gosset Pipon to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice De Rinzy—Second Captain John Kelly to be uaptain,vice Pipon—Lieut. W. Debree Carey to be Second Captain. vic..l Kelly—Gen Ile man Cadet Edward Albert 011ivant to be Lieuten ant, vice Carey—Gentleman Cadet Walter Regina' Fox t o be Lieutenant, vice Archibald William Montgomerie, who resigns—Gentlentan Cadet John Graham Stone to be Lieutenant, vice Palmer Boyd, summarily dismissed the service, Royal E ngineers—Lieut.-Colonel William Frederick 'Mar riott (Staff Corps) to be Colonel, vice Burke, who retires upon lull pa)--Captain and Brevet Major James Thomas Walker to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Marriott— Second Cap tain David Thenson - .0 be captain, vice Brevet Major Walker—Lieut. Fred er i c k C olvin Mytton to be Secon't Captain, vice Thomson—G en tl eman Cadet Walter Park Jones to be Lieutenant, with tempo rar y ran k , v i ce Mytton. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Wellesley Gos set to be Captain by purchase, vice John Chalmers, who retires--Ensign Charles William Davie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gosset—Ensign R o b ert B leazby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Blake, who re- . tires—Gentleman Cadet Augustus Frederic F. Adams, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur. chase, vice Davie—John Paton Lawrie to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bleazby. sth Foot—Ensign Francis Goldie Taubman to be Lieu.. tenant, by purchase,vice Robert Hull, who retires— G en _ tleman Cadet William Stratton Saunders, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Taubman. 9th Foot—Lieutenant Spencer Field to be Captain, by pur chase, vice George Spaight, who retires— Ensign James Edward Mac Donnell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Field—Gentleman Cadet Alexander George William Malet, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice MacDonald. 12th Foot--Captain William Thomas Baker, from the 85:h Foot, to be Captain, vice blorland, who exchanges. 13th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Mcore, from the Roy al Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robert Warren, promoted. 15th Foot—Edmund Charles Elliston, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Francis Maitland Kirwan, transferred to the 78th Foot. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Russell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Graves Chamney Swan Lombard, who retires—Ensign Reginald Laurence Herbert Curteis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, . vice Russell—Malcott Sydney Richardson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Curteis. 21st Foot Gentleman Cadet William Lowther Ernie Money-Kyrle, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase s vice Cecil Lloyd, transferred to the 28th Foot. 23d Foot—Lieutenant Alan Graham to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Philip Henry Knight, who retires—Ensign Robert Frederick Williamson to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Graham—Gentleman Cadet William Phibhs, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Williamson. 24th Foot—Colour-Sergeant William Hughes, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Percival Troese Fortescue, who retires. 25th Foot—Surgeon Robert Browna having completed 20 years full-pay service, to be Surgeon-Major, under th e Royal Warrant of Oct. 1. 28th Foot—Ensign Cecil Lloyd, from the 21st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Edward Agincourt Brind, transferred to the 88th Foot. 32d Foot—Lieutenant Samuel Black Noble to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward Augustus Thurlow Canyng hatue, who retires—Ensign Frederick Nassau Golding to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Noble—Gentleman Cadet Mathew William Lyster, from the Royal Mili tary College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Golding. 40th Foot—tientleman Cadet George Franklin, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Andrew Ducrow, died of wounds. 53d Foot—Lieut. James Malley, from the 92d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Leslie, who exchanges. 78th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Owen Silvester Davies, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. Laurence Pleydell Bluverie, who retires—Rosign Colin Mackenzie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davies—Eneiga William, Francis Maitland Kirwan, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Mackenzie. 85th Foot—Captain George Morland, from the 12th Foot, to be Captain, vice Baker, who exchanges. 86th Foot—Captain Francis Pike, from the 91st Foot, to be Captain, vice Fry, who exchanges. 88th Foot—Ensign William Scott Richardson, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice John Beveridge Gladwin Jebb, who retires—Ensign Edward Agincourt Brind, from the 28th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Richardson. 89th Foot—Captain Henry W. Somerville Carew, from half-pay late 29th Foot, to be Captain, vice Wm. Drage, who retires upon temporary half pay. 91st Foot—Captain John WM. Fry, from the 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Pike, who exchanges. 92d Foot—Ensign Charles Callaway Ross to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cockburn M‘Barnet, who retires— Lieutenant William Norman Leslie, from the 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vicQ Malley, who exchanges—Gentle man Cadet Henry Vesey Brooke, from the Royal Mili tary College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ross. 96th Foot—Lieut, Frederick John Josselyn, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wm. Duff Pereira, who retires—En sign Charles Folliott, Powell to be Lieutenant,. by pur chase, vice Josselyn—Gentleman Cadet John Carter O'Neal, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Powell—Lieut. Dennis Du Moulin _ Gunton to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant F. J. Josselyn, promoted. 104th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Alexander Hunter, to be Cap tain, vice Sir Atwell King Lake, Bart., who retires— Ensign Lestock Walters Iredell to be Lieutenant, vice Hunter—Gentleman Cadet Sydney Byng, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Iredell. 107th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert Jocelyn Waller, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Joseph Ralph Edward John Royle, promoted. 108th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Vincent Lewis Mathias, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Augustus Erskine, promoted—Richard Bainbridge Mitchell, Gent., late her Majesty's Indian Forces, to be Paymaster. 109th Foot—Ensign Donald William Mackinnon to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Charles Holland Hastings, who resigns —Gentleman Cadet Charles Andrew Cathcart, from the Royal Military College, to be Enlign, vice Mackinnon. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Fitzßoy Stephen to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charles William Earle, who retires— Ensign Alexander Stuart Harington, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stephen—Walter Frederick Cavendish, Gent„ to be Ensign, by purchaee, vice Harington. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Ralph Henry Potts, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Blaksley, promoted, by purchase, in the 4th West India Regimens —Oharles Henry Wilson Lock, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Christian Branford Steward, promoted. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Captain and Brevet Major Thos. Hare to be Major, without purchase, vice-Brevet- Colo:lel John Armstrong, placed upon half-pay on appointment as Colonel on the Staff—Lieut. Edward Alexander Lynar to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Hare —Ensign Charles Jams s M. Hallewell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lynar. • STAFF.— Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie, C. 8., half-pay, late 92d Foot, to be Deputy-Adjutant-General in Ireland, vice Brevet- Colonel F. Haines, appointed to the command of a Brigade. UNATTACHED.—Major and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Edmund Gifting Hallewell, half pay Unattached, to be Lieut.- Colonel, without purchase—Captain and Brevet Colonel John Francis Du Vernet, half pay Royal African-Corps (Staff Officer of Pensioners), to be Major, without pur chase—Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel William Brookes, half pay, late 75th Foot, Town Major Dublin, to be Major, without purchace—Lieut. Henry W. Somer ville Carew, from the 29th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. BREVET. Colonel, with the temporary rank of Major-General, Burke Cuppage, Royal Artillery, to be Major-General, vice Browne Willis, who retires upon full pay. Colonel James Henry Burke, retired Inn pay, Royal Engineers, to be Major General, the rank being honorary only. In consequence of the promotion of Major Gen. Coppage the undermentioned officers on the retired full pay list of the Royal Artillery, who stood before him on the effective list at the time of their retirement, to be promoted as fel lows : Colonel Archibald Macbean, to be Major-General. Colonel Robert Longutore Garstin to be Major-G, neral. MENIORANDUM.—Major and Brevet-Colonel John F. Du Verne; halt-pay, late Staff Officer of Pensioners, has bemperreitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission under the conditions of the Horse Gu r u s Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861. geo—Yesterd ay. Course of the Exehan ... Amsterdam Short. 11 1 6 i 11 l 7 Ditto Rotterdam — u. I D 4 11 191 Antwerp 25 621. 25 67k Bruss 25 Hambur 62 i 25 674- g,h — 13 13 8 Paris 25 27t i Ditto .. 3 Months, 26 60 25 65 Marseilles .......... -... 25 62i 25 Frankfort on Maine.. 67 ...., 119 i 1191 'Vienna ............ 12 10 12 20 Trieste ........... 12 10 12 20 Petersburgh........ • 33 33i Berlin .............. Madrid Cadiz 471 48f Legh0rn...,............. ........ 25 75 25 iio Milan( len oa ............. , ..... 1:— ... 2 ! 255 5 5 77 7 7 7 5 7 5 1 :22252555 82488828 Naples Palermo Messina 2 25 77t 25 8 t Lisbon —52 k Oport 0..- Foreign •Gold in tars (Standard), per 0z.... £3O 5 3 9 i 17 Mexican Dollars 0 b li Silrer in Bars (Standard) The Price of Gold. 0 The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mine put, and the short exchange on London is 21.2711 per Li sterling. On -comparing these rates w ith the EN,D-li s h Mint price of £3 17s. lop. per ounce f or s t an d ar d gold, i t pp about 1-10th per nt. dearer in Londo n than in Paris. ce a t e h a,r er s thato therefore, gold rat h is i e By advices from H a m bu rg the price of gold is 4234 p er mark and the short exch ange on London is 13.5 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English !dint p rice is, et more than 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hom burg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills A t 60 days' sight is IS2 per cent., 'and the premium on gold is about 68 per cent. .itt these rates there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. MISSING SHIP. -- The Hillechina sailed from Mandel in the end of November for Loeou, and lass n'.. ,4 4 aim Dem heard of,